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Stumble this page!White-bellied rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Niviventer niviventer
The White-bellied rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the whitebellied rat
A young / baby of a whitebellied rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A whitebellied rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Facts about the white-bellied rat
ROOF RAT The roof rat, also known as the black rat, ship rat, gray-bellied rat, Alexandrine rat and white-bellied rat, is smaller and sleeker than the Norway rat. (Full text)
But the reticence of some finally gives way: we learn that the white-bellied rat is the most commonly killed mammal, followed by the barking deer and the Assamese macaque. (Full text)